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From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
[page 1]
Calhoun Mo[.] Sept[.] 25 1862
Dear Eugenia[,]
I perused your letter, not without many reflections, but still with earnest solicitude for your welfare and that of those of whom you speak as becomes a Daughter and a Sister[.] Since you were in town I have had to vacate my store House to be used as a hospital for the sick and wounded. Knowing that there were several houses that would have suited equally as well, I could not regard it as friendly, especially when no one would have been put to inconvenience or subject to loss. Yet I have done and am doing the best I can to bear with it. These times we do not know what is to come next; [MS. illegible] what will come I expect to be consistant and a Christian still[.]

John A. Bushnell of Calhoun, Missouri writes a letter on September 25 and 27, 1862 to Eugenia Bronaugh in Hickory Grove, Missouri. He tells her that he has been forced to surrender his house to the military for use as a hospital. He complains that he “could not regard it as friendly . . . yet I have done and am doing the best I can to bear with it.” He also discusses his faith in God, and expresses hope for peace and for positive changes in the Democratic Party.

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From John A. Bushnell to Eugenia Bronaugh
[page 1]
Calhoun Mo[.] Sept[.] 25 1862
Dear Eugenia[,]
I perused your letter, not without many reflections, but still with earnest solicitude for your welfare and that of those of whom you speak as becomes a Daughter and a Sister[.] Since you were in town I have had to vacate my store House to be used as a hospital for the sick and wounded. Knowing that there were several houses that would have suited equally as well, I could not regard it as friendly, especially when no one would have been put to inconvenience or subject to loss. Yet I have done and am doing the best I can to bear with it. These times we do not know what is to come next; [MS. illegible] what will come I expect to be consistant and a Christian still[.]